John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 26:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.] These expressions are the same with those in (<201808>Proverbs 18:8); and are here repeated, as being found along with others by the men of Hezekiah, (<202501>Proverbs 25:1); as some others likewise are; and also because of the importance of them; and to impress the minds of men with a sense of the evil of such a practice, that they may shun it, and avoid those that are given to it. (See Gill on “<201808>Proverbs 18:8”).

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